Gallery: Glencoe Avalanche – 19 January 2013

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Climbers make their way off Bidean nam Bian in the Scottish Highlands by torchlight (PA)

Climbers make their way off Bidean nam Bian in the Scottish Highlands by torchlight (PA)

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A member of the Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team at the foot of Bidean nam Bian in the Scottish Highlands, after a serious avalanche which has killed four climbers and seriously hurt another. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday January 19, 2013. Four people have been killed and a woman is seriously hurt after a group of six climbers were caught up in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands.Emergency services were alerted to the accident on Bidean Nam Bian, in Glencoe, at about 2pm and a major search operation involving two mountain rescue teams and police dogs was launched. See PA story ACCIDENT Avalanche. Photo credit should read: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

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The Mountain Rescue Team after searching for the group of climbers caught up in an avalanche on the mountain (PA)

The Mountain Rescue Team after searching for the group of climbers caught up in an avalanche on the mountain (PA)

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The search involved two mountain rescue teams and police dogs (PA)

The search involved two mountain rescue teams and police dogs (PA)

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A member of the Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team (PA)

A member of the Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team (PA)

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Members of the Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team (PA)

Members of the Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team (PA)

Four people killed in Glencoe Avalanche

A member of the Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team at the foot of mountain Bidean nam Bian (PA)

A member of the Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team at the foot of mountain Bidean nam Bian (PA)